ABRUPTLY Synonyms
There is 0 hypernym of the word abruptly. (close relations)
Best Alternative Words for ABRUPTLY
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| dead | adjectiveadj | |||||||
adjective • no longer having or seeming to have or expecting to have life • not showing characteristics of life especially the capacity to sustain life; no longer exerting force or having energy or heat noun • people who are no longer living • a time when coldness (or some other quality associated with death) is intense adverb • completely and without qualification; used informally as intensifiers • quickly and without warning adjective satellite • very tired • unerringly accurate • physically inactive • (followed by `to') not showing human feeling or sensitivity; unresponsive • devoid of physical sensation; numb • lacking acoustic resonance • not yielding a return • not circulating or flowing • not surviving in active use • lacking resilience or bounce • out of use or operation because of a fault or breakdown • no longer having force or relevance • the complete stoppage of an action • drained of electric charge; discharged • devoid of activity | ||||||||
| short | adjectiveadj | |||||||
adjective • primarily temporal sense; indicating or being or seeming to be limited in duration • (primarily spatial sense) having little length or lacking in length • low in stature; not tall; describing something or someone with a stature less than normal • (of memory) deficient in retentiveness or range • not holding securities or commodities that one sells in expectation of a fall in prices • of speech sounds or syllables of relatively short duration noun • the location on a baseball field where the shortstop is stationed • accidental contact between two points in an electric circuit that have a potential difference • the fielding position of the player on a baseball team who is stationed between second and third base adverb • clean across • without possessing something at the time it is contractually sold • at some point or distance before a goal is reached • so as to interrupt • at a disadvantage • in a curt, abrupt and discourteous manner • quickly and without warning adjective satellite • of insufficient quantity to meet a need • less than the correct or legal or full amount often deliberately so • lacking foresight or scope • tending to crumble or break into flakes due to a large amount of shortening • marked by rude or peremptory shortness verb • cheat someone by not returning him enough money • create a short circuit in | ||||||||
| suddenly | adverbadv | |||||||
adverb • quickly and without warning | ||||||||
| all of a sudden | adverbadv | |||||||
adverb • suddenly • quickly and without warning | ||||||||
| of a sudden | ||||||||
adverb • quickly and without warning | ||||||||
| on the spur of the moment | nounn | |||||||
adverb • quickly and without warning | ||||||||
